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As I said, "which are generally ratified by Parliament in many countries". I didn't say they were in Australia, rather highlighting that they require different processes. You are correct that they are not ratified by Parliament in Australia, however they are "reported" to Parliament through...

Indeed, but it's also subject to the local enforcement mechanism in each country. You can make the claim and Qantas can deny it stating ATC. You would then have to seek enforcement (in this case in the UK) through their enforcement mechanism. In Germany, for example, it's close to impossible for...

Not critiquing at all, but just highlighting what is causing a fair bit of cancellations at the moment, and partcularly the ones that come the night before. Qantas and Virgin are both pretty irate with the system at the moment, especially since Sydney Airport have been pinning it on them when...

Nobody is gaming any landing slots. SYD has a fixed number of slots per hour dictated by legislation, limited to 80 movements per hour. Nearly all are allocated. In recent months, Air Services Australia has been unable to provide sufficient capacity for 80 movements per hour due to an...

For what it's worth, there isn't a treaty in place. The Australia-Qatar bilateral agreement is not in the form of a Treaty meaning that it is not subject to the same degree of protections and international enforcement mechanisms. It does make it easier to cancel though. Many bilaterals are...

I think some are missing context. EU261 applies to the routing, however the cause of the delay is also important. SYD (and MEL and sometimes PER) have been facing near catastrophic ATC limitations resulting in a reduction in the flow rate for at least part of the day nearly every day. The...

PER-JNB (not JUN). It was an A332 route, so less of an aircraft availability issue. Now that the airport challenges are partially resolved I'd expect it to return. It's probably too late for this coming summer though. Working on something about future configuration as an extension of the...

Just a snapshot from July. But yes, availability may be limited to tier thresholds (but also limits ability of partner carriers to access). 18/7 Y J 19/7 Y F 20/7 Y F 21/7 Y PE J F 22/7 Y PE J F 24/7 Y PE F 25/7 Y J F

For what it's worth, frequency declines to 4x weekly with the introduction of the A380, meaining that J capacity isn't significantly up (although first, PE and economy is). See: Surprised or not surprised? Qantas schedules A380 flights to Johannesburg in 2024 - Analytic Flying That said, I see...

A little bit more about the economics of this flight: What limits fifth freedom flights to Australia? - Analytic Flying

The economics of fifth freedom flights to/from Australia is complex, with fifth freedom carriers at a distinct disadvantage to incumbent home carriers. A new analysis from Analytic Flying looks at Australian fifth freedom routes in more detail (specific emphasis on Trans Tasman) and analyses why...

A detailed analysis on the QF A380 to JNB schedule: https://analyticflying.com/surprised-or-not-surprised-qantas-schedules-a380-flights-to-johannesburg-in-2024/

Not quite. Yes, the submissions include confidential data, usually historic data though, and rarely price data. They rarely (actually never, but I can't vouch for every one) will make price projections in the submissions. Again, they generally can't project prices because they're dynamic...

EK would love to increase capacity. It's not about not seeing a business case, but rather them lacking the capacity. They have a huge number of aircraft still parked, but they don't have the crew to fly them. Also, as network carriers, it isn't just about more flights to/from Australia, but they...

Indeed, I was inelegantly pointing to how the media just report it at face value, no matter how implausible they sound. No questions as to what it means and how the figure was estimated.

Only 10%? Wasn't the media throwing numbers of 40% around a few weeks back?

Blog post on implications of the decision: https://analyticflying.com/implications-of-the-australian-governments-decision-to-block-an-additional-frequencies-for-qatar-airways/

Blog post on the implications of the Qatar decision: https://analyticflying.com/implications-of-the-australian-governments-decision-to-block-an-additional-frequencies-for-qatar-airways/

If it were so easy then any idiot could make a fortune in the airline market here, except everyone else has failed over and over again. Instead, they tend to burn a lot of money Now you're just making things up. Australia has open skies in the international market with most of its largest...

I'm in the sector, on the corporate side, and there isn't an airline executive who I have met who doesn't admire his achievements, even if they don't like him. A CEO's job is not to be liked, or even admired. What are the interests of the airline? Given the Australian market history, I'd say...